Read the excerpt from Monster. PETROCELLI Well, if you don’t know exactly where you were, can you tell me anyone who might know where you were? STEVE I don’t even remember where I was. When the detectives asked me where I was, I couldn’t even remember the day they were talking about. They didn’t ask me about it until weeks later. What would the judge and jury most likely think after hearing this dialogue? Steve may be dishonest because he is accusing the detectives of working slowly. Steve may be honest because people could easily forget where they were weeks earlier. Steve may be deceitful because he seems to be avoiding Petrocelli's questioning. Steve may be trustworthy because he is repeating the same thing that he told the detectives earlier.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir